Review Blog

Oct 14 2011

E is for echidna; My Australian word book by Bronwyn Bancroft

Little Hare, 2011. ISBN 9781921714610.
(Age 1+) Recommended. Board book. A companion volume to W is for
wombat; E is for echidna is a beautiful alphabet book that vividly
brings to life many Australian animals, birds and objects. The type
of object is wide ranging, going from apple to crocodile, dragonfly,
honeycomb, net and zigzag.
Bronwyn Bancroft's illustrations are outstanding. She is an award
winning artist and rightly so. Each superb illustration is glowing
with intense colours, done with beautiful dot paintings. Each has a
solid background in very bright colours of greens, reds, blues and
yellows. The black outlines make the pictures stand out as well.
They are so beautiful that it made me wish that I had one of the
pictures hanging on my wall. The words for each of the drawings is
written in bold black lower case letters at the bottom of each page.
This is a wonderful introduction for the very young to the world of
Australian words, illustrated by a wonderful artist.
Pat Pledger